San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-27
EDITORIAL BREpITfEs

to have taken rect until after the heated
term; or are the honOrables waiting fol
the great fourth to roll by.
SHERIFF MATsoN is the sOrest man ir
Chicago. He is Offering 81, 500 for r mar
who can sing, where, o Where lie Ny
Laddie Gomez"
The ocean moisture In the vicinity o
the gulf is doing duty for rain. and fins
crops are seen all along the coast In
sections where no rain has fallen since
last August.
The w. C. Il. U. have issued call &c
prayer for the success OF prohibition In
Texas. The hour set for the petitions il
on Sunday next. II the success Is nc
greater than attended the prayer for rain
the result will be disappointment.
The Texas editor Of the democratic
persuasion who imagines that Ohio re-
puDliCsns have grown weary of SheT-
man, are way off WRitun the repub-
licsn state convention meets and Ohio
will speak out loud In meeting.
The gray-h8ired, Borrowing father of
Hugh Maxwell Brooks Walter II Len
nox-MsXwell is in st. Louis today, haV-
| ing Travelled over seas TO make last eff
| fort for the neck of his doomed boy.
1t will all be in vain. PrelIer's packer
is bound to hang.
THE aDti-poverty people will enter the
presidential race next year. They are
trying the wind and bottom and speed
OF their stable and will no doubt enter
their best nag; probably either III. G."
or "M. g."
The committee on ways and means
are not as sure OF that big pile for cleo
ton purposes as the prohibition papers
have tried TO make apparent. On the
contrary the prOhibitiOnists appear to
be mighty well heeled.
The snti-prohibition demonstration at
Fort Worth yesterday took the bakery.
There were $4,000 people upon the
grounds at one time. Two stands only
were erected, but eight more could have
been utilized. North Texas is not all one
sided by long shot.
The French baloonist, JerVis, with
Guy de Maupassant, the novelist, hav-
ing safely crossed to Holland In their
balloon. will steer from America early
in October. He prefers to start from
this side for seronautioal reasons of his
own.
The Texas cattle kings must conquer
more worlds or die. The kingdoms of
dressed beef must be annexed. They
must prepare to slaughter or be slaugh-
tered. Ii is meet that they meet to de-
eide about meat refrigeration or they
will soon meet to mete ont a dolefuI
tale OF the failure of meat making in
Texas.
ST. LOUIS may put it in her pipe and
smoke it. The capital of the Kaw
Valley will lay over the big bridge city
uh tn uaffipn
regardless. That Kansas City delega-
tiOn have taken out four Pullman palace
cars to carry an illuminated invitation
of q 600 signatures to the man at the
White House. The Fat Boy will smile
and imagine the thing a personal
honor, not knowing that 1t is oOnstitu-
tional failing % Kansas City to worry
st. Louis in that fashion, and that she
could no more help it than Grover can
help being what he is.
THAT proposed Interstate drill is Just
the thing for San Antonio if che will
devise literally concerning ii and make
| it the success she can. No other CITY in
Texas should take the cake away from
the Alamo city In military display of
| this kind. There are more materials on
hand for making the drill a success than
any other city affords, andlt is but meet
Elkul- anu OuI bbuuAtl tulf 10 Ilhhe
| the most of our opportunities. Ii il
most devOutly to be wished that such a
general interest will be taken in this
matter as will insure its success, and not
keep its friends pumping away at the
old suction pump 10 raise wind and mon
ey enough to float the affair respectfully.
| II means enough cannot be secured to
| enable the city to put its best foot fore.
most, then let the thing slide.
The Fort Ellis Mill AIRY reservation, so
much at least of its 1900 acres as are IN
| excess of the mile square (64O acres)
having been entered upon by settlers
under the ruling of the interior depart
ment in the case Of Fort Boise reserya-
tiOn, has drawn from the department
the statement that the legal limit of $40
acres for reservation only applied TO
the territory OF Oregon as constituted in
1853, at which time such limitation for
military purposes was established for
that territory. AS Fort Ellis lies east of
that boundary line the restriction does
not apply and the entries upon the 1850
acres are not authorized by law. The
hOmesteaders will be notified to yaeate
the premises at once.
The news cabed from Rome yester-
day to the effect that the papacy saw no
reason to interfere in matters connected
with the Knights of Labor, will be wei
come news to the order throughout the
United States and will mitigate matters
in Canada. The Knights may thank
Cardinal Gibbons for this kindly inter-
ventinn in their behalf; also Cardinal
Manning, of England. whose representa-
tiOns were Joined TO those Of the Ameri-
can prelate This action Of the papacy
confirms the impression, gaining
strength In America for some years, that
Rome seeks to be the friend and cham
ion Of the rights of the common people.
A large opportunity has been opened to
the church in America in this agitation
over labor conditions, and the church Of
Rome has shown more appreciation of
the situation than any of her protestant
rivals. The church Of the common
people is the church that has the secure
| ~ of it's future fully provided for.
| This decision of the pope will be a wet
blanket for Cardinal Tasohereau, of
Montreal, Canada.
MATTERS are not so dead in San An
tonic after all, although spot cash is
| somewhat scarce and collections are
slow. When the dirt begins to fly for
| the foundation of the government
building, and the eXcRvatOrs are busy
scooping out q hole above which will
rise our graceful city hall, and Uncle
Sans military contingent are busy with
that round dozen OF buildings, for which
bids are called, and the street forces are
&C work under the several cantraots for
street work OF which so much has been
said, and the West End folks are hard
at work pushing the lines OF their new
street car routes, and the hotel company